Arboricultural Chargehand

Number of Vacancies:

1

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Proposed Interview Date:

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

Hours of Work:

37

Hiring Manager:

Craig Davis

Contact Number: 

07860 779307

Job Description Summary:

This is a full time, fixed term position for 9 months to cover secondment.

If the postholder requires a Standard or Enhanced DBS disclosure the candidate is required to declare full details of everything on their criminal record unless the conviction/s and/or caution/s are considered “protected” in line with filtering rules for DBS checks.

ROLE AND PURPOSE

To lead an arboricultural maintenance team within the City of Hull to ensure trees on Council owned land are kept in a safe and technically sound condition to professional standards.

 

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. To lead a team of Arboricultural Operatives in all aspects of arboricultural tasks including pruning, felling and planting.

2. To perform crown lifting and shaping, this includes substantially lifting the crown of the tree to aid passage of vehicles or pedestrians beneath the tree. Perform crown reduction to any tree.

3. Perform tree felling operations, this includes ability to climb trees using ropes, harnesses and various friction devices, technical dismantling of trees using ropes, pulleys and mechanical lowering equipment to avoid obstructions where appropriate or straight felling if the site allows using good arboricultural practices. This requires this role to use chain saws.

4. Undertake site specific risk assessments to determine the safest system or work in compliance to current legislation. Use knowledge and experience to analyse situation to determine safest way to undertake required works.

5. Require good level of general awareness and capacity for prolonged periods of concentration to carry out works with heavy equipment on the public highway while ensuring health and safety of everyone around. Ability to operate mobile elevated working platform to perform arboricultural operations when working in areas with vehicular access

6. Perform tree planting operations as required. Use cable detection equipment to ensure safe excavations.

7. Perform removal of epicormic growth from trunk and base of tree. Undertake to stump and timber chipping operations using appropriate equipment.

8. Perform task of applying chemical to tree stumps to prevent re-growth.

9. To carry out site clearance work to ensure it is left in a safe and acceptable condition after arboricultural work has taken place.

10. To provide cover for the Tree Operations Team Leader as required.

11. To provide a 24 hour emergency call out service on a rota basis.

12. Will be required to drive HGV Licence Category CE – Cat 1 Vehicle over 37,500 kg, with a trailer over 750 kg.

13. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on Hull City Council, as your employer and you as an employee of the council. In addition to the Councils overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health & safety and that of other employees; additional and more specific responsibilities are identified in the Council’s Corporate H&S policy.

 

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Compensation Grades:

GRADES 6.

Pay Ranges:

£30,515.00 - £33,119.00

Job Classifications:

3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), 5- Enhanced (Child Workforce) - (Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), No - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement), No - (Statutory Post)

Benefits of Working of Hull City Council:
- A competitive salary
- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
- Supportive and forward-thinking culture
- Great career development opportunities

PLEASE NOTE: you MUST complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. For example: If the closing date is Friday 16 October 2026 then your application must be submitted by 11:59pm on Thursday 15 October 2026.

 

Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description. Provide examples to support your application rather than use of lists.

We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. 

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting.  Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process.

We are committed to “our values” at the Council of People First, Respect, Learning, Ambition and Partnership. If these align with you then we welcome your application.